Best Records of 2005: #9 Josh Rouse - 'Nashville'

Mr. Sad-Sensitive-Bedroom-Eyes delivers another casual riff on 1970’s singer-songwriting greatness. Short and sweet, and very nearly perfect, Nashville craftily blends Rouse's influences from Gordon Lightfoot to The Smiths.

With an EP in the can and a new album on the way in March, Mr. Rouse seems to be sticking to his post-Rykodisc pledge to be more prolific.